Attachment for rugs.



No.718,136. PATENTEDJAN. 13, 1903.

T M. (LLONG.

ATTACHMENT FOR BUGS.

APBLIOATION FILED MAY 8| Q N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORTON (3. LONG, OF PIPER CITY, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR RUGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,136, dated January 13, 1 903.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORTON 0. LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Piper City, in the county of Ford and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Bugs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable Others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same."

Myinvention relates to improvements in attachments for rugs, especially adapted for preventing the corners of the rugs from bending or curling up when not secured to floors.

The object of my improvements is to provide a device of this kind that may be easily and readily attached to a rug without injury to the fabric, that while small and neat in appearance will be effective for the purpose for which it is intended, and that will not scratch or otherwise mar the floors upon which it may rest when in use.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application for patent, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the line a: w of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A represents atriangular-shaped plate of thin flat and more or less ductile metal, from the base edge of which extends a rectangular-shaped tongue B. The angular sides of the plate are bent upwardly, inwardly, and downwardly, and their edges serrated, forming teeth 0, which project downwardly toward the upper face of the plate,with sufficient space between said teeth and the face of the plate to insert the corner portion of a rug. Secured to the under side of the plate in any suitable manner is a flat piece of sheet-lead D, which adds suflicient weight and rigidity to the device to maintain it in position without securing it to the floor. That the lead plate shall not mar the floor, I cover its lower side with a piece of felt or other suitablefabric E, which may be secured to the lead plate by glue or in any desired manner. The outer corners of the tongue portion of the plate are provided with prongs Application filed May 8, 1902. Serial No. 106,393. (No model.)

b,which normally lie in the same plane as the tongue; but in use these prongs are bent up, as shown in Fig. 3, penetrating the rug, and then bent down, thus firmly attaching the tongue to the rug. It will be apparent that any tendency of the rug to bend up along the base-line of the plate A will be resisted by the tongue B, and that by making the latter relatively longer a much smaller plate could be effectively utilized than would be possible without such tongue.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, is-

1. An attachment for rugs, composed of a triangular-shaped metal plate having two of its edges bent upwardly and inwardly and provided with downwardly-extending teeth, a tongue extending from the third edge of said plate and having prongs at its outer end, said plate and tongue being reinforced by a plate of heavy material secured thereto, as set forth.

2. A corner attachment for rugs, composed of atriangular-shaped metal plate having two of its edges bent upwardly and inwardly and provided with downwardly-extending teeth, an integral tongue extending from the third edge of the plate and having means for securing it to a rug, a reinforcing-plate of heavy material secured to said triangular plate, and a covering of felt or other fabric secured to the under side of the plate of heavy material.

3. A corner attachment for rugs composed of a plate of ductile metal having means along its edges for attaching it to a rug, a plate of heavy material secured to the under side of the ductile plate, and a covering of felt or other fabric secured to the under side of the plate of heavy material, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORTON 0. LONG.

Witnesses:

R. A. JENNINGS,

W. B. DONATHEN. 

